Fitouri Belhiba

Reel 27 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

After the death of her husband in very strange circumstances, a young widow decides to refuse to re-many, and thereby breaks with the traditional submissive role of women. She tries to choose how to love, and how to live. A feminine journey through the depths of Islamic culture. A tale that involves reality, poetry and magic..

Regaya marries the man she loves, but after years of happiness, her husband dies, leaving her with a profound emptiness in her life. She refuses all proposals for remarriage, savoring the taste of freedom. However, she soon discovers that society views divorced women with suspicion.